Helen the Mad Scientist

On a secret wing of DLSU, Helen the Mad Scientist in conducting experiments. It's unclear to me what my status is. I mean, it's not a class although Helen treats us like students and it's mostly boys. So I just watch and wait for someone to tell me what to do.

It's fascinating, what she does. She grabs one person by the hair and slices off his scalp. Peels of the skin on his face. Takes his eyes of his sockets as if she were picking up clams from their shells. Then stabs him in the belly.

I wonder about Helen. What she wants to achieve. If this is an experiment, where are her notes? Am I expected to take down notes? Who is this silent man beside her? Is he her assistant?

She finishes off all the people in the room until it's just her and me and the silent man.

I look at her square in the face. "Are you going to kill me too, Helen?"

"No, silly. I killed those I thought would steal my ideas. We can go now."

But the hallway is haunted by the ghosts of those Helen killed. I can hear their cries. I can feel hands pulling my hair. I've never been so afraid. But still we walk on to the elevator.

When we get there it won't work. I start to cry. "It's me! I'm unlucky with elevators! I'm cursed!"

No sooner than those words are out of my mouth, the elevator opens and I step in. It starts to close before Helen and her silent assistant can step inside and briefly I consider leaving them behind. But I catch Helen's threatening red eyes and with a sigh I press "open" to let them in but the elevator continues to close and I have no choice but to grab them both towards the inside.

On the way out of the DLSU campus, everything seems so normal. I make a note to remind Daddy to stay away from the haunted wing.